Another policeman has been shot and killed, plunging the Jamaica Constabulary Force into mounring.
Corporal Oliver Mullings was gunned down while on duty on Third Street in the Kingston Western Police Division on Thursday night.
Reports are that at about 10:45 pm, Mullings was among a team of officers who responded to a call from residents in the area, when they were attacked by gunmen, a statement from the Police High Command said.
One of the gunmen was reportedly killed in the incident.
The High Command expressed condolences to the family, colleagues and friends of Corporal Mullings.
“The JCF is committed to conducting a thorough investigation and to apprehend the persons responsible for his death,” the force said.
Mullings is the second cop killed in less than a week.
On Saturday night, 22-year-old Constable Brian Martin was murdered at a wake in Frog City in the Maxfield Park area in St Andrew on Saturday night.
Other persons were also injured during that incident.
